NCAA College Basketball, Men: How Top 25 Fared

California's David Kravish, center, celebrates with fans on the court after a last-second win over Arizona during the second half on an NCAA college basketball game on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014, in Berkeley, Calif. California won 60-58. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Cobbs dribbled to his left and beat Nick Johnson, then pulled up in front of a defender to sink the winning shot that sent a raucous crowd at Haas Pavilion spilling onto the court. Cal coach Mike Montgomery and security had to usher fans away before the final play.

Gabe York’s full-court pass was knocked down to give the Golden Bears (15-7, 6-3 Pac-12) their first victory over a top-ranked opponent since Jan. 30, 1994, when they beat UCLA 85-70 at the Oakland Coliseum.

Arizona (21-1, 8-1) was one of just three unbeaten teams left in Division I. Now only second-ranked Syracuse (21-0), which beat No. 17 Duke 91-89 in overtime Saturday, and No. 4 Wichita State (23-0) remain.

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NO. 2 SYRACUSE 91, NO. 17 DUKE 89, OT

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Jerami Grant scored eight points in overtime to finish with a career-high 24 and Jim Boeheim’s Syracuse stayed unbeaten, topping Mike Krzyzewski’s Duke in a matchup of the two winningest coaches in Division I history.

C.J. Fair scored a career-best 28 points as Syracuse (21-0, 8-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) set a school record for consecutive wins to start a season before a Carrier Dome-record crowd of 35,446. The Orange are No. 4 Wichita State are the only remaining unbeaten teams.

Duke’s Rasheed Sulaimon beat the buzzer in regulation with an off-balance 3-pointer that tied it at 78. The Blue Devils led 87-84 with 80 seconds left in overtime before Syracuse rallied.

Jabari Parker had 15 points and nine rebounds for Duke (17-5, 6-3) before fouling out in regulation. The Blue Devils get a chance to avenge the loss in three weeks when the teams meet again at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

The Gators (19-2, 8-0 Southeastern Conference) pushed their winning streak to 13 games and extended a school record for consecutive home wins to 27.

The latest one was another defensive gem. It tied the fewest points Florida has allowed in SEC play since 1950, matching last year’s defensive effort against South Carolina.

Florida held the Aggies (12-9, 3-5) to 26 percent shooting and 20 percent from 3-point range. The Gators also outrebounded Texas A&M 57-27.

NO. 4 WICHITA STATE 81, EVANSVILLE 67

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Fred VanVleet and Ron Baker had 14 points apiece, and Wichita State withstood an early barrage by Evansville.

Cleanthony Early scored 13 and Tekele Cotton added 12 points for the Shockers (23-0, 10-0 Missouri Valley), who haven’t lost since last year’s surprising run to the Final Four.

Wichita State spotted Evansville a 15-point lead before using a massive run to carry the advantage into halftime. The Shockers merely had to coast the final 10 minutes as the lead approached 20 points, wrapping up their latest convincing conference victory.

D.J. Balentine scored 26 points for the Purple Aces (10-13, 3-7).

NO. 5 SAN DIEGO STATE 65, COLORADO ST. 56

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Coach Steve Fisher earned his 300th win at San Diego State behind 24 points from Xavier Thames and 17 for Winston Shepard.

The Aztecs (19-1, 8-0 Mountain West) won their 18th straight game and are 8-0 in conference play for the first time in the program’s 93-year history.

Jon Octeus scored 24 for the Rams (12-10, 3-6), who lost their third in a row.

Fisher’s first victory at SDSU came on Nov 24, 1999, 73-57 against UC Riverside. SDSU is the 18th school to have a coach win 300 or more games.

Texas, which lost its top four scorers from last year’s 16-18 squad, has been the surprise of the Big 12. The Longhorns have four consecutive wins over Top 25 opponents and now sit in second place after dominating a team that had been playing as well as anyone in the country in recent weeks.

The Longhorns (17-4, 6-2) thumped the Jayhawks (16-5, 7-1) with suffocating defense that held the Big 12’s best shooting team to 39 percent from the floor. Kansas freshman Andrew Wiggins, who averaged 24 points over the previous three games, scored seven before fouling out late.

Rico Gathers had 14 points, Gary Franklin scored all 11 of his points in the second half and Cory Jefferson had 11 points and 13 rebounds for Baylor (14-7, 2-6 Big 12), which greatly improved its fading NCAA tournament hopes. The Bears had scored fewer than 70 points in four straight games, but shot 52 percent from the field and outrebounded the Cowboys 32-26.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — James Bell scored 19 points to lead Villanova to the win.

Villanova (19-2) improved to a perfect 4-0 record in Big 5 play and earned its 22nd Big 5 championship in program history.

Temple (6-14), meanwhile, missed out on a share of the city title and an opportunity to upset a top-10 team for the sixth consecutive season.

The Wildcats took a five-point lead at the half and stretched it to as much as 24, at 64-40, with 10:17 to play.

Will Cummings had 24 points for the Owls.

NO. 11 KENTUCKY 84, MISSOURI 79

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Aaron Harrison scored 21 points and James Young added 20 to power Kentucky to the victory.

The Wildcats (16-5, 6-2 Southeastern Conference) kept their poise one game after calling a players-only meeting to discuss the team’s issues away from home.

Jabari Brown finished with a career-high 33 points and Jordan Clarkson scored 28 to keep Missouri (16-5, 4-4) in the game. Clarkson’s layup with 51.9 seconds remaining narrowed the Tigers’ deficit to 80-77, but Aaron Harrison answered with a layup 30 seconds later to end the threat.

The Hawkeyes (17-5, 6-3 Big Ten) led by 21 points just over 12 minutes into the game. Illinois (13-9, 2-7) fought its way back and took a 62-61 lead on a 3-pointer by Tracy Abrams with 10:18 left in the game.

But Iowa took the lead for good at 72-70 on a bucket by Mike Gesell with 3:50 to play.

Joseph Bertrand scored 20 points for Illinois, which lost its seventh straight game.

Roy Devyn Marble led the Hawkeyes with 17 points.

NO. 16 IOWA STATE 81, NO. 23 OKLAHOMA 75

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Sophomore Georges Niang scored a career-high 27 points and Iowa State held on for its second win in six games.

Melvin Ejim had 22 points and 16 rebounds for his 28th double-double as the Cyclones (16-4, 4-4) moved back to .500 in the Big 12.

The Tigers (16-5, 6-3 American Athletic) lost a conference road game for the first time in two years.

Moore had an assist on Markus Kennedy’s tiebreaking layup right after halftime. Moore then added 3-pointers in the 10-2 spurt in just over 2 minutes that put SMU (17-5, 6-3) ahead to stay and in control.

Kennedy had 21 points on 10-of-10 shooting and 15 rebounds for his sixth career double-double.